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Public invited to attend on Veterans Day to celebrate the service and dedication of all United States Military and to pay homage to all fallen heroes.

WHAT:

Veterans Day candlelight vigil honoring all US military personnel.

Highlights for this years ceremony include the official public introduction the new Veterans Care Program.

A comprehensive collaborative partnership to provide much needed medical and mental health care

services for our United States Veterans

The unveiling of phase II of the Veterans Village Instant Built House; a two bedroom affordable housing

prototype made from a 100% recycled Ocean containers and off the shelf components to create affordable, well

designed and efficient housing.

Tentative Guest speakers to include US Senator Harry Reid, US Congresswoman Dina Titus, Former State of Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores and special guest speaker Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. Many other pending confirmations from other elected officials and friends that have been invited to speak.

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STATION CASINOS “MONTH OF HONOR” IN MAY TO BENEFIT VETERANS VILLAGE

Funds were raised through proceeds and gaming winnings of patriotic-themed offerings for Southern Nevada’s only 24/7 crisis intervention and housing facility for homeless veterans

During the month of May 2015 Station Casinos launched a month-long fundraising effort to raise awareness and funds for homeless veterans and their families who reside at Veterans Village located in Downtown Las Vegas. At a special dedication ceremony held at Veterans Village on June 30th proceeds raised throughout May during the Month of Honor campaign were presented to Veterans Village. A total of $58,176 dollars was raised to benefit Southern Nevada’s only 24/7 crisis intervention and housing facility that cares for our local homeless veterans and their families. In attendance at the ceremony were Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Ms. Lori Nelson, APR, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Station Casinos. Speakers at the ceremony included Mayor Goodman, Representative from the office of Senator Joe Heck, Senator Pat Spearman, Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager, Clark County School Board Trustee Kevin Child, and Michael McDonald, former Mayor Pro-Tem and Veterans Village Advisory Board Member.

In recognition of Station Casinos incredible support for our Veteran Heroes, Veterans Village has named their Crisis Intervention Center in honor of Station Casinos in honor of their commitment to our United States Veterans and the Las Vegas community.

The Veterans Village Crisis Intervention Center CIC is the only a 24/7/365 emergency triage center in Sothern Nevada. Services include client based triage, medical and mental health services, job referral and training, Three Square Regional Food Bank nutrition, clothing, job referrals and placements, bus and transportation services and a host of other services targeted at preventing the rapid slide to homelessness and acute poverty.

“We are honored to be a part of the Station Casinos’ Month of Honor which will assist Veterans Village to continue to provide housing and supportive services for our United States Veterans with honor and dignity,” said Veterans Village founder Dr. Arnold Stalk.

Station Casinos has always been a significant supporter of the military, most recently introducing its Military Monday and Operation Thank You initiatives to thank the military community with a variety of discount programs. Month of Honor continues and grows the Company’s commitment to showing its appreciation to the military community. To learn more about Month of Honor, visit https://www.sclv.com/monthofhonor

Month of Honor features included:
Patriotic Gift Cards: Patriotic-themed gift cards are available for purchase with 5% of the gift card value being donated.Patriotic Pastries: A variety of exclusively created patriotic-themed desserts such as Bundt cakes, sugar cookies, red velvet cupcakes, candy-covered strawberries and brownies will be available at all cafes including Boulder Station, Fiesta Henderson, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Palace Station, Red Rock Resort, Texas Station, Santa Fe Station and Sunset Station.
Round up for honor: Guests will be invited to round up their dining check in the majority of restaurants inside all 19 properties, excluding food court venues.Take a vet to dinner: Guests may donate some of their Boarding Pass rewards points at any Rewards Center in exchange for a buffet voucher to be enjoyed by a resident of Veterans Village.
Red, White and Blue slots: A variety of patriotic-themed slot banks will be featured throughout the casino floors at 18 of Station Casinos’ properties. Discounted artwork provided by Sunkist Graphics.

Bingo Patriotic Packs: Special bingo pink packs will be offered at every Monday bingo session for $4. Patriotic packs will be available in both paper and electronic. The $1 cash ball validation fee is not included in the purchase price of the patriotic packs. Properties participating in the bingo patriotic packs include Boulder Station, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Palace Station, Red Rock Resort, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station and Texas Station. Bingo patriotic packs were generously donated by gaming partner Fortunet.

“21” for the Red, White and Blue: Properties that offer blackjack tables will have a designated “patriotic” table Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31. Table felts were generously donated by gaming partner GPI.

Additionally, Boulder Station and Santa Fe Station will host a poker tournament with a $75 buy-in on Saturday, May 16 (Armed Forces Day) and Red Rock Resort will host a bounty poker tournament with a $100 buy-in on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day) with $25 from each entry being donated.

Table felts were generously donated by gaming partner GPI.

Visit Vegas: Active or retired members of the military are invited to enjoy special hotel packages that include breakfast and free slot play at any Station Casinos property now through August 31. $5 from every room reservation will be donated. Must book special package online at sclv.com/patriot and show military ID upon check in.

Employee-Driven Canned food and toiletry drive: Station Casinos’ 12,000 employees will be invited to donate needed canned food and toiletries for the residents of Veterans Village.
Massages for the Military: 5% of every 50-minute Hot Stone Massage at Red Rock Resort or Green Valley Ranch Resort will be donated.Budweiser Match: Anheuser Busch will donate $1 per bottle of Budweiser sold at all casino bars.
Crown Royal Care Packages for Vets: Donate needed non-perishable food items and toiletries for Veterans Village at Crown Royal donation bins located at the Reward Center. Crown Royal will also donate $1 to military organizations for every purple Crown Royal bag donated.

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At a time when healthcare is at the forefront of treatment of our Veterans and our homeless women, men and children in Southern Nevada, we are honored to be at the cutting edge of healthcare with these amazing partners. VETERANS VILLAGE is thrilled about our partnership with Touro University Nevada ,The Shade Tree Shelter, Veterans Village and The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Program.

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The 55th Annual IFA Convention kicked off their 2015 convention in Las Vegas by spending a day at Veterans Village. The convention industry is the number one industry in Las Vegas. It’s our pleasure to be able to share our community with our visitors. #TourismMatters

Roark Capital Group has partnered with the IFA Educational Foundation to launch a year-long, nationwide celebration of community leadership and the countless ways that franchise businesses support their local communities.

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And this is how we get it done at Veterans Village!
Veterans Village 24-7 Crisis Intervention team rescue 2015
A four month chronology-PLEASE READ This is one reason why the VA needs massive reforms-

Another Marine is rescued-Nobody is left behind @VV~~~

“Bill” has $12,000+ that is locked in an account by The VA and Federal Government because he does not have a Nevada identification———

Month #1
Bill is a United States Marine Veteran who was living on the streets homeless in Downtown Las Vegas for a long time-
Lost his wallet and his VA ID card along with his form #DD214.
Veterans Village (VV) Crisis team brings Bill to Veterans Village-
Triage on Bill is done in less than 30 minutes.
Bill becomes a VV resident and the paperwork to get his ID begins.
DMV denies Bill an ID-
VA fails at helping Bill-
VV pays rent and expenses, clothing, medical attention and nutrition for Bill.

Month #2
VA fails at helping Bill-
Bill gets free medical attention from VV/Touro University @ VV-
VV staff works on a daily basis to get Bill’s paperwork.
VV funds Bill’s rent, expenses and meds so he can survive his illnesses-
DMV denies Bill an ID-
VA fails to provide Bill with his medication-almost dies
VA fails at helping Bill-

Month #3
VA fails at helping Bill-
Bill gets free medical attention from VV/Touro University @ VV-
VV staff works on a daily basis to get Bill’s paperwork.
VV funds Bill’s rent, expenses and meds so he can survive his illnesses-\
DMV denies Bill and ID-
VA fails to provide Bill with his medication-
VA fails at helping Bill-

Month #4
VA fails at helping Bill-
Bill gets free medical attention from VV/Touro University @ VV-
VV staff works on a daily basis to get Bill’s paperwork.
VV funds Bill’s rent, expenses and meds so he can survive his illnesses-
DMV denies Bill an ID-
VA fails to provide Bill with his medication-
VA fails at helping Bill-

End of Month #4 120+ days after rescue from the streets–
VV staff led by Wendy Grant, VV Crisis Intervention Coordinator, works tirelessly to shake the system and get Bill an ID-

After 160 days, Bill gets his ID and funds released-
Bill pays his back rent.
VV makes sure Bill is a permanent resident-
VA remains the same business as usual-

A Marine Veteran is rescued from homelessness–Pride restored–
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED~~

Miracles happening on the Strip!! Special thanks to United Nissan and FOX5 Local. Las Vegas for the donation of this amazing vehicle to Veterans Village. We are absolutely thrilled and truly grateful that we can now transport donations of food and other items. #SurpriseSquad

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Veterans Village, Downtown Las Vegas is honored and humbled to accept the donation of a vehicle from The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Specal thanks to The Board of Commissioners and the staff of RTCSN. We will use this vehicle to:
Pick up emergency food- Supplies-Medical transportation-Other basic services for our Veterans

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Thursday, April 3, 2014, Veterans Village/SHARE joined forces with HELP of Southern Nevada in search for Veterans that need housing on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas–Thank you Tyrone Thompson and staff for organizing this event. As a result of this outreach we were able to house more than 15 new residents– To continue to be able to serve the needs of these veterans we are in need donations for these new residents including:
Blankets-
Health and beauty aids (Listed on our www.vvlv.org website)-
Non perishable food items-
RTCSN bus cards-
$20 gift cards-
Small first aid kits-
Cash contributions can be made at www.sharelasvegas.org
Thank you Las Vegas!!!

Special thank you and big shout out to HELP of Southern Nevada for their tireless efforts and working in partnership with Veterans Village to get many Veterans, individuals and families with children off the streets and into housing at the Homeless Intervention day yesterday. There are so many HELP people to thank and Ms. Kelly Robson is just one who is an amazingly dedicated humanitarian. HELP of SN defines what a nonprofit organization should be–Serving people first–

This is an image of our Crisis intervention lobby at Veterans Village and two of our staff members, Ms. Wendy Grant and Ms. Sarah Michelle as they triage the newly arrived residents. Our staff is very dedicated as well–

Non-profit collaborations and partnerships working together–What a concept!

At the Main & Foremaster Outreach intervention. We are searching for United States Veterans to house at Veterans Village. Let’s end homelessness for all Las Vegans. We can do this–

WHAT: A major partnership has been created to attack hunger for United States Veterans in Downtown Las Vegas.

“There is no need or excuse for our US Veterans or any citizen in Las Vegas to go hungry or without a home. We have operated Veterans Village for nearly two years and have fed hundreds of Veterans and non-Veterans as well and this new initiative enables us to feed even more people. Veterans Village is open 24-7 and never turns anyone away without some form of help or referral, according to Arnold Stalk PhD,Founder of Veterans Village.

Please join us and support our Veterans Village Artists who have their art studios/galleries at Veterans Village Thrift Store located at 6029 West Charleston (Corner of Charleston & Jones) on the 2nd floor.
Thank you Las Vegas!

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Veterans Village has partnered up with Titan Towing, a Las Vegas-based towing company, to create a program that will pick up donated junk vehicles from any location in the Las Vegas area at no cost to the donor. The proceeds from the sale of vehicles will benefit Veterans Village.

We invite you to donate your running or non-running vehicle with clear titles. In some cases, registered owners can submit a “bill of sale” form if their title is lost and Titan Towing will handle all the DMV paperwork regarding donated vehicles.

If you’d like to donate a vehicle, please call Titan Towing at 702-333-8697.

We greatly appreciate all the support to our organization!

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Veterans Village joined the B Street & Owens Outreach Intervention “Mini Housing Connect” effort and took in 8 new residents in collaboration with Clark County, HELP of Southern Nevada and the Salvation Army agencies.

Michael, who is pictured here and was living in his tent when we found him. He is a United States Veteran and we took him in at Veterans Village, got him immediate medical attention, clothing from our Veterans Village Thrift Store, food and supplies from our donor and Three Square food pantry and he was greeted and welcomed by fellow Veterans and our Veteran staff members in our lobby.

None of this process is easy, but I feel great that yesterday we took 8 people from the streets and are housing them at Veterans Village in an environment filled with respect and dignity, the way it should be.

If you would like to donate your time, non perishable food items or cash donation please contact me ta 702-624-5792

An update on our Veteran resident “Michael”: We found him living in a tent at a homeless camp a week ago and took him to Veterans Village for safe housing. Special thanks to The Salvation Army, HELP of Southern Nevada, First Person Care Clinics, Three Square Regional Food Bank and our own Greg Brannon, V Village Crisis Intervention Specialist who all helped triage Michael through this process. This is what makes all of the 24/7 triage work worth while. One resident at a time off the street and back to a life of dignity. Our Veterans deserve ONLY the best!

Veterans Village goes to Washington, DC and The White House.I made a commitment to our United States Veterans that Veterans Village would be meeting in the White House in 2017. It happened on May 19, 2017.I am here with Michael McDonald, longtime friend, colleague and strong supporter of Veterans Village since our doors opened over 5 years ago. Thank you Michael.We had a great meeting and were 100% focused on Veterans Village Las Vegas and taking the Veterans Village model to other cities across the USA.ADVOCATE/EDUCATE/BUILD IT. NEVER GIVE UP——So thankful and humbled.